Functional Safety
England > North East
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Functional Safety skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Mar 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 33 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Functional Safety | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the North East | - | - | 0.93% |
| As % of the Systems Management category | - | - | 10.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £475 | - | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +34.72% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £46.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £47.50 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median hourly rate | - | £43.00 | £47.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -9.47% | -17.39% |
All Systems Management Skills
North East
Functional Safety falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the North East.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills | 92 | 67 | 29 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East | 18.18% | 21.07% | 9.03% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 69 | 46 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | £398 | £333 | £131 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £403 | £139 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £501 | £205 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.24% | +144.51% | -65.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £574 | £429 |
| 90th Percentile | £603 | £625 | £532 |
| England median daily rate | £501 | £525 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.67% | - | -8.70% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 0 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £51.25 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £55.00 | - | £46.18 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.00 | - | £47.50 |
| 75th Percentile | £68.75 | - | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | - | - |
| England median hourly rate | £55.00 | £26.50 | £32.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +107.55% | -17.19% | -40.93% |
Functional Safety
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Functional Safety relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.
Functional Safety
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Functional Safety.